Psalm 8:1-9 (Common English Bible)
LORD, our Lord, how majestic
is your name throughout the earth!
You made your glory higher than heaven![b] 2 From the mouths of nursing babies
you have laid a strong foundation
because of your foes,
in order to stop vengeful enemies.
3 When I look up at your skies,
at what your fingers madeó
the moon and the stars
that you set firmly in placeó
4 what are human beings
that you think about them;
what are human beings
that you pay attention to them?
5 Youíve made them only slightly less than divine,
crowning them with glory and grandeur.
6 Youíve let them rule over your handiwork,
putting everything under their feetó
7 all sheep and all cattle,
the wild animals too,
8 the birds in the sky,
the fish of the ocean,
everything that travels the pathways of the sea.
9 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name throughout the earth!

John 1:1-5, 14 Common English Bible (CEB)
The Word Became Flesh
In the beginning was the Word
and the Word was with God
and the Word was God.
2 The Word was with God in the beginning.
3 Everything came into being through the Word,
and without the Word
nothing came into being.
What came into being
4 through the Word was life,[a] and the life was the light for all people.
5 The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness doesnít extinguish the light.

14 The Word became flesh
and made his home among us.
We have seen his glory,
glory like that of a fatherís only son,
full of grace and truth.